Shippensburg area home fire spreads next door on Rustic Drive

SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP - A Tuesday morning fire in a Shippensburg area home spread to a second home, leaving five people displaced.

About 2:15 a.m., someone on the way home from work called 911 about a fire at 62 Rustic Drive, according to Vigilant Hose Company Chief Clyde Tinner.

The caller reported that fire could be seen from the back portion of the modular home as well as the porch, Tinner said. By the time firefighters arrived, it had spread to 64 Rustic Drive.

"When we arrived at the scene, the second house was on fire," he said. "The original building was well involved when we arrived, so we had to split up the initial responders to deal with not just one but two on fire."

A "good number" of firefighters were available at the Vigilant Hose and West End Fire and Rescue Company early Tuesday morning to assist in the initial response into Cumberland County.